Month: June 2005

7 Days for SIDS

7 Days for SIDS

On Monday, June 13, 2005, I had the opportunity to work side-by-side with Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel, owner and chef of Cincinnati Ohio’s Jean-Robert at Pigall’s at 7 Days for SIDS: A One Week Fundraiser for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, an event that he and his wife Annette founded after losing their daughter Tatiana to SIDS in June of 2002. In the past two years, this annual event has raised over $80,000 for SIDS education, research, and parent support and has funded the Tatiana de Cavel scholarship fund at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College.

System Maintenance: Comprehensive Backup

System Maintenance: Comprehensive Backup

Today, I performed a comprehensive backup of the system to the new DVD burner that I installed. It makes backing things up much nicer. I also installed another fan in the case to cool things off, replacing one that had locked up.

The site was unavailable for about 90 minutes during installation and the verification of the backup.

CULINARY: My seventh night at Pigalls

CULINARY: My seventh night at Pigalls

On Saturday, June 18, 2005, I worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s for my seventh night.

I Am A Statistic

I Am A Statistic

I’ve participated in an online blogging survey being conducted by the Media Lab at MIT. Actually, it’s about more than just blogging, as the questions also cover use of email, instant messaging, and texting (cell phone SMS). This is part of a PhD project by…